[Sussex] floppies - mounting and reading ?????

[John D.]

Hi list,

This one will sound very dumb.

How do I mount and read a floppy ?

I have 2 disc that have MS word files on them. If I put a disc in and right 
click the floppy drive icon, I get a dialogue box that makes it look as if 
it's trying to read the disc (drive noises as well as activity light), then 
it hits me with an error about no specified file system.

As far as I am aware, it should work ok, but it's not and I'm obviously 
missing something here. The device is listed in the fstab (as per below).

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
usbfs  /proc/bus/usb  usbfs  devmode=0666  0  0
/dev/hda3       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda1       /boot           ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda2       /swap           auto    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda4       /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/cdrom      /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0


I'd be greatful if someone could point me in the right direction.

regards

John D.

p.s. and no, I don't usually have a use for floppies hence the daft question.